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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

…If the number of members of a board of directors or a supervisory board as provided for in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-69 of the Commercial Code is insufficient to ensure, due to their number, the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-12-2

…ulting the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, in compliance with the provisions of Articles L. 1451-1 to L. 1452-3. These rules stipulate in particular the conditions under which declarations…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-10

…n 30 billion euros and which carry out any of the activities mentioned in 3, 6-1 and 6-2 of article L. 321-1, reaches or exceeds 30 billion euros, both calculated as an average over a period of twelve…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-3

…are relied on in support of the application, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article L. 714-5 or, in the case of a European Union trade mark, Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-3

…) Intercommunal groupings whose aggregate financial potential per inhabitant, as defined in Article L. 2336-2, is greater than 90% of the average aggregated financial potential per inhabitant;b) Commu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-5

…cinal product and, where applicable, the other persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 1142-24-2. The opinion of the College of Experts is issued within six months of the referral to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-2

…ph, the prescription for one of the medicinal products mentioned in 6°, 14°, 15° and 18° of Article L. 5121-1, and in a and d of 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliame…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial and tax provisions

Article L4434-3

…ger transport. When the budget of a region is subject to the recovery measures mentioned in article L. 1612-14, a fraction of this allocation may be allocated, by decision of the Regional Council, up…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 14: Creditors' committees.

Article R631-37

Articles R. 626-52 to D. 626-65 are applicable to receivership proceedings. The administrator, with the assistance of the debtor, exercises the prerogatives vested in the latter.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-21

…eement entered into for that purpose, acquire control of a company or issuer referred to in Article L. 214-24-23;2° AIFs or their management companies cooperating with one or more other AIFs or their…

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